Internet transaction acceleration

A multi-transmission mode system interconnecting a computer of a user and the Internet network, the system comprising:

• a telephone system for sending requests for information from the user to the network, and for sending data that details aspects of delivery of the information to the user, wherein said data comprises a channel designation, a time designation, a frame designation, a field designation, and a line designation;
• a television system for delivering the information to the computer of the user, wherein the identity of the user is not present in the information broadcast by said television system;
• a service provider, for providing the user with access to the network, that is connected to the computer of the user via the telephone system, and is connected to the network and to the television system;
• a television tuner located at a site of the user that connects the computer to the television system, and receives the information from the television system;
• a modem located at the site of the user that connects the computer to the telephone system for sending the requests and receiving the data;
• and
• means for controlling the modem and the tuner;
• wherein the means for controlling receives the data from the modem and programs the tuner to receive the information.

A method for retrieving information from the Internet network onto a computer of a user, the method comprising the steps of:

• sending requests for information from the user to the network via a telephone system;
• sending data that details aspects of delivery of the information to the user via the telephone system, wherein said data comprises a channel designation, a time designation, a frame designation, a field designation, and a line designation;
• and
• delivering the information to the computer of the user via a television system, wherein the identity of the user is not present in the information delivered via said television system.